The Nuclear Weapons complex that many of our politicians are so eager to feed to get and its not just washington feeding the most dangerous of beasts according to a new report by the International Campaign to abolish nuclear Nuclear Weapons and titled schools of mass destruction new american universities and the u. S. Nuclear weapons complex nearly 50 u. S. Universities are involved in the research and design of u. S. Nuclear weapons largely in secret and in contradiction of their Schools Mission statements my friends the tentacles of the beast run deep which is why we must always be watching us. Like that. Well tomorrow on watching the hawks i am tyrrel them for joining us very brave back to back Panel Discussions or Investigative Journalism r t america correspondent and the tag team of our team america Sports Coverage regina ham and steve. You all for joining us today later well be getting into a fascinating discussion of the status of collin capper nick but i want to start today wit
The u. S. Congress passed our first whistleblower law and they did it when whistleblowers sailors and marines had criticized the commander of the u. S. Navy and cooing criticizing him for mistreating british prisoners. So this was embarrassing to the u. S. Governor government. But think about it. The Founding Fathers put everything on the line. This wasnt an election. If they lost the revolution they are going to get home for treason. In the middle of that revolution they paused. They said every inhabitant of the United States should report waste, fraud and corruption even if it embarrassed the new government. And not only did they pass that law they then voted money for the lawyers for the bristle whistleblowers who had been thrown in jail and they released all the papers that were controversial, that were embarrassing to the government. And the whistleblowers won their case. Andand that was july 30, 1778. So this is not some token day. This is a day for every american to sit back and
Civil disobedience. 8 00tch sunday night at eastern on cspans q a. Ways of student athletes can reduce injury risk. We will hear from the usa football director of coaching, michael kruger. The panel held at George Washington university was moderated by the Aspen Institute john solomon. Good afternoon. My name is john solomon. Editorial director with the Aspen Institute sports and society program. We are a nonprofit in washington, d. C. Whose mission is to convene leaders, facilitate dialogue and find solutions to help the Public Interest in sports. I will be moderating our next two panels that will be exploring best practices for High School Football health. Thank you to the eric shealy foundation and George Washington university for their support in allowing the aspen to be part of this conference. Let me personally say what a great honor it is to be here myself at a conference that is in the memory of eric shealy. I think a lot of people dont know the way the name derek shealy when i
University and the derek shealy foundation. My name is john solomon, editorial director with a Sports Society program. We are nonprofit washington dc, facilitate dialogue. I will be moderating the next 2 panels exploring best practices. Thank you to Brian Hainline for engaging the Student Foundation for allowing the opportunity. Let me personally say what a great honor it is, a conference i think a lot of people dont know the name derek shealy. Going to the radar. Derek played football. Tragically died when he sustained head injuries. The injuries were preventable. I didnt get a chance to meet derek but i got to know him a little bit. Previously as a reporter. A big part of this is honoring dereks legacy, and dialogue about the best way. And derek are that is what we are going to do. Last fall, healthy sports, available at healthysports. First of its kind free resource for parents, athletes, educators and others. The tool draws on the best data and expert analysis to evaluate 3 areas o
Events are held, both sports and not only we are constantly the capital of our country, and we are here constantly in good shape. And for us to bring some serious event. This is already a common practice, yes, but of course, given the importance of the issue. We take this even more carefully, we held a single meeting together with all those who were interested, those who organized life for athletes, of course, in terms of food, in terms of accommodation, in terms of ensuring that our shopping facilities are all symbolic and presented in a wide format so that we have a place in the center of minsk where, uh, the fans are the same athletes who have already played games to come to rest to eat national cuisine, or the cuisine of their country. We have foreseen that there will be a lot of athletes from eastern countries, respectively , the cuisine should be taken into account, there is the preparation of halal promotional products. We also provided that you can buy it. Well, of course the l